A Day in the Life of Web 2.0

After reading the article about Web 2.0 I've become much more interested in incorporating such applications in my classroom. Although I've been raised in a world full of technology I was not familiar with podcasts or blogging until this class, I feel as though this article really informed me of all the positives Web 2.0 pages can bring to my classroom. It's fascinating how easily we can all be connected to one another, and not just student/teacher. The article talks about how the entire school system is able to read over each others blogs and podcasts, allowing everyone to be on the same page all the time. The librian, tech educator, principal, superintdent and parents are also all involved, helping to make a well-organized productive community. I think it's great that parents can listen in to their children during class, this defiently helps to build a relationship with the child and their childs teacher. I like the fact that all the children can have access to what is going on in all of their classrooms and that they are able to know what is being taught and what is expected of them in the upcoming week- def. something I will be using in my classroom! What especially caught my attention was the due to the fact that all the teachers can see who is teaching what when and what materials they are using, they are able to collaborate and intergrate the same topics in 2 different classes. For instance, a health teacher could pair up with a science teacher on the topic of "genetics". I find it to be extremely helpful when I can relate two of my classes together. Overall I think the intergration of podcasts and blogs in the classroom is going to be extremely effective and i'm excited to incorpate them daily in my classroom!